Jewelry clip



May 10, 1949.

J. R UDERMAN JEWELRY CLIP Filed March 24, 1945 IINVEINTOR Jae/8 Radar mm ATTORNEYS Patented May 10, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT? orsrice JEWELRY .CL'IP Jack 'Ruderman; N ew Y o'rl'r,- N." Y. Application March 2-4, 1945, Serial No. 584,702.;

16 Claims. 1

piece, such as a porous wad, wick or rod, which holder is integral and unitary with and capable of being formed in a one-step dieoperation with the clip, and admits of ready introductionand removal of the wad, wick or rod.

Another object is to provide a clip, incorporating a unitary integral holder capable of retaining a perfume-impregnated wad, .wick or rod, whichclip may be stamped with said socket by means of a single die in any of a wide variety of shapes and sizes for more or less universal adaptation to a variety of articles of jewelry, ,of which it is to be a part.

In the accompanying drawings, in which are shown one or more of various possible embodiments of the several features of the invention,

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a jewelryclip,

Fig. 2 is a perspective view. on a slightly smaller scale, showing said jewelryclip assembled with an illustrative article of jewelry with which it is to be-used,

Fig. 3 is a view in transverse cross-section taken on line 33 of Fig. 2, r

Fig. 4 is a detailed view-in longitudinal cross-- section taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 2, and 1 Figs. 5, 6, '7, 8 and 9 are views similar to Fi 1, showing various forms of clip capable of being stamped from sheet metal with the use of the same die from which is stamped the clip of Fig. 1.

Referring now to the drawings, the clip menu--v her or plate Ill of Figs. 1 to 4 may be'of a sheet metal blankand in its general outer contour'be of conventional form. It includes a hinging. end llby which it is spring-hinged in conventional manner to the facet? of the article of jewelry, such as a dressclip, an earring or the like.

According to the present invention, thei'eis formedas a unitary part of the clip plate and extending to the front face thereof, a holder, pref-v erably in the form of a socket for removably hold ing or retaining a porous wad or wick it of cotton, glass fiber or felt or a rod of porous plastic, clay or of the other porous material, impregnated with perfume.

In the specific embodimentshown, theholder 2 is stamped as a unitary part of the clipplate and is preferably near the hingeend H thereof and desirably the holder is a socket S extending longitudinally of the clip. To this end, the clip lil'has struck out therefrom a pair of symmetrically arranged tongues I4and 15; the roots of which arenearest the axis of the clip and face each other as shown, leaving. an intervening bridge 16 'longitudinallyjof the .clip,' the said tongues being preferably! rectan ularv in. shape and of length considerablyugreater than their widths. The tongues l4 andliare bent out-x ward about their roots. .at the; lateral-edges .of bridge l6 and are curved over throughout their width,'as shown, with..their edges.ul8.andl.9,' respectively, parallel but spaced slightly as at 20. The tongues 14 and I5,""with;the intervening bridge I6, determine desirably."a semi-circular cylindrical socket, as. shown.

Preferably, a semi-circulartongue 2| stamped from the blank of the clip beyond thelloweror inner lateral edges of the tongues l4 and 1 is bent forwardxas shown, at right angles tov the plane of the clip to form the, bottom of thesocket. Desirably, though not necessarily, the metal of the tongues l4 and l5 has small perforati011s22 therein to assist mes-cape of the perfume vapor. The-socket S, it will'bei readily seen, stiffens the clip; Ill nearits root and. therefore adds to, rather than detracts, from ,the utilityof the clip. in the performance-ofits clamping or clasping furrow tion;

As will readily be understood, a wad or cotton orof felt or a porous rod of appropriatesha'pe,

. may be introduced into the socket throughthe open end thereof. This i may be conveniently efiected, as suggested in Fig. 4, by a resort to a pin 10 pressed against the wad while; passed along the-s1ot-20'inthe' socketyto push the wad inward until it abuts against the bottom tongue 2|. J

A dropor "moreof perfume may beappliedto the'wad, wick or :rodbefore, or preferably after introduction-ofsaid porous piece into the socket.

The-socket S, in no wise interferes with the effective closure or clamping action since v.it .fits

infthe. space'between theface and theclip" plate even" when thedatter is closed. The socket S is completely concealedby the face of the article of jewelrya'" Moreover; the wad, wick 'or porous rod is securely retained and not aptto become lost." Obviously," the Wed, wick or red. can. be readily withdrawn, as desired, by resort to a pin in. the same manner, shown in Fig. 4, in which it was introduced. While. [the socket may; be. incorporated; in any of a wide variety of different jewelry clip plates, there is shown in the drawings one particularly desirable application thereof, adapted for universal use of the same socket as part of any of a wide variety of clip plates, all stamped with the carrying socket above described in a single operation, by use of one and the same die.

To this end the clip plate Iii, as shown in Fig. 1, has an elongated body 25 and lateral wings 26 unitary therewith. Near the root of the body, and between the wing 26, is formed the socket S previously described. The length of the body is desirably of open work construction for lightness and for the convenience pointed out below. To this end, the body may be symmetrically cut out to afford a peripheral frame 21, a central longitudinal rib '28, and connecting cross ribs 29 extending outward from the latter to the peripheral frame 2'1. The slots 30 left by the socketforming tongues i4 and I5 are preferably aligned at their outer edges 3! with the inner edge 21' of the frame 27 for attractiveness of design.

The wings 26 are preferably also open work as shown, the roots of said wings being cut away as at 32, preferably to form an edge 33 in ali nment with the outer periphery of the frame 2'5, thereby to enhance the ornamental appearance of the clip and to leave a short bridge 34 connecting the outer end of the wing 26 to the body l0 and a short bridge 35 aligned with the innermost cross rib 29', to connect the inner end of the wing to the body.

The clip I0 shown in Fig. l is, of course, for a large article of jewelry. As clear to those skilled in the die makers art, the die can be so set as to shorten the body, as best shown in Fig. 5, by terminating the clip at the outer cross-ribs 29, or, as shown in Fig. 6, at the inner cross-ribs 29. Obviously, in each of the three embodiments set forth, i. e., with the body full length as in Fig. l, of intermediate length as in Fig. 5, or of short length as in Fig. 6, the win structures 26 may be omitted, as shown respectively in Figs. '7, 3 and 9, in each case forming a clip suitable for a particular size of jewelry.

As many changes could be made in the above construction, and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope of the claims,

it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In an article of jewelry of the type having a sheet metal clip blank; the combination therewith of a holder integral with said clip, said holder including curved elements stamped from the metal of the clip blank, protruding from the plane of the clip and determining retaining means for holding a perfume-impregnated piece against the body-of the clip.

2. In an article of jewelry of the type having a sheet metal holding clip blank; the combination therewith of a generally integral holder, said holder comprising a plurality of tongues struck from the body of the clip blank and curved into substantial edge-to-edge juxtaposition and forming a socket in cooperation with the body of the blank.

3. In an article of jewelry of the type having .a sheet metal holding clip blank; the combination of an axial socket, said'socket comprising tongue elements stamped from the blank and presenting an elongated longitudinal slot between adjacent tongue ends, for convenience of introduction and removal of a perfume-impregnated piece.

4. In an article of jewelry of the type having a sheet metal clip blank; the combination therewith of a pair of opposed tongues struck out from the blank of said clip, of width greater than their length and with a longitudinal bridge therebetween, said tongues being curved outward and rearward with their outer edges in contiguity with each other, thereby forming a socket in cooperation with said bridge.

5. In an article of jewelry of the type having a sheet metal clip member; the combination in which the clip has a pair of symmetrically arranged opposed struck-out tongues of uniform width with outwardly directed free ends, said tongues having an intervening longitudinal bridge, said tongues being curved forward from the plane of the clip with their outer edges in contiguity to form in cooperation with said bridge a substantially semi-cylindrical wad holder.

6. In an article of jewelry of the type having a sheet metal clip blank; the combination in which the blank has a pair of symmetrically arranged opposed struck-out tongues of uniform width having an intervening longitudinal bridge, said tongues having inwardly directed free ends, said tongues being curved forward from the plane of the cli with their outer edges in contiguity, and a generally semi-circular tongue struck out from the blank beyond the end of the curved tongues and bent inward and forward to constitute the bottom of a generally semi-cylindrical holder formed by the bridge in cooperation with the curved lateral tongues.

7. In an article of jewelry of the type having a sheet metal clip blank; the combination in which the clip has a pair of symmetric-ally arranged opposed struck-out tongues of uniform width having an intervening longitudinal bridge, said tongues having inwardly directed free ends, said tongues being curved forward from the plane of the blank with their outer edges in contiguity and a generally semi-circular tongue struck out from the blank beyond the inner ends of the curved tongues and bent inward and forward to constitute the bottom of a generally semi-cylindrical holder formed by the bridge in cooperation with the curved lateral tongues, the edges of the lateral tongues being spaced to afiord a guideway for a pin in introducing and removing a wad with respect to the socket.

8. A die-cut sheet metal jewelry clip, having a body and lateral wings, said clip having ornamental cut-outs therein, and having symmetrically arranged cut-out tongues curved forwardly and determining in correlation a socket for retaining a perfume-impregnated wad.

9. A jewelry clip blank, comprising a body and a pair of lateral wings unitary therewith, the body having symmetrically arranged sets of cutouts, determining an outer relatively narrow frame, a longitudinal axial rib and connecting cross-ribs between the axial rib and the outer frame, the wings being cut out and having a pair of bridges connected with the body, whereby a single die may be set for stamping out any of a plurality of different shapes and sizes of clips with or without wings and with the body terminating at any of the cross ribs.

10. A jewelry clip blank, comprising a body and a pair of 1ateral wings unitary therewith, the

body having symmetrically arranged sets of cutouts determining an outer relatively narrow frame, a longitudinal axial rib and connecting cross-ribs between the axial rib and the outer frame, the wings being cut out and having a pair of bridges connected to the body, the body having stamped out tongues between said wings, curved forward therefrom and determining a perfumewad-retaining socket, whereby a single die may be set for stamping out any of a plurality of different shapes and sizes of clips, each with a socket symmetrically of its body, and with or without wings and with body terminating at any of the cross ribs.

11. In an article of jewelry of the type having a sheet metal clip blank; the combination in which the clip has a number of struck out tongues formed as a wad or wick holder and having juxtaposed edges spaced as a track for a pin to be used in introduction and removal of the wad or wick.

12. In an article of jewelry, a metal finding element consisting of a flat sheet metal hinge stamping and a plurality of tongues stamped upwardly therefrom and turned inwardly substantially above said stamping, said tongues in combination forming a tubular receptacle.

13. In an article of jewelry, a hinged clip finding back comprising a plurality of tongues extending substantially upwardly and then turned inwardly and forming a box-like receptacle on the inside face of said back, said tongues forming three sides of a receptacle, and the other side being open to permit insertion of a perfume carrying element.

14. In an article of jewelry, a hinged clip finding back comprising a plurality of tongues extending substantially upwardly and then turned inwardly and forming a box-like receptacle on the inside face of said back, two of said tongues forming the opposite sides of said receptacle and being turned inwardly to form the top of said receptacle, the finding back itself forming the bottom of said receptacle.

15. In an article of jewelry, a hinged clip finding back comprising a plurality of tongues extending substantially upwardly and then turned inwardly and forming a box-like receptacle on the inside face of said back, two of said tongues forming the opposite sides of said receptacle and being turned inwardly to form the top of said receptacle, the finding back itself forming the bottom of said receptacle, said receptacle having a plurality of perforations in the walls thereof.

16. In an article of jewelry, a hinged clip finding back comprising a plurality of tongues extending substantially upwardly and then turned inwardly and forming a box-like receptacle on the inside face of said back, said tongues forming three sides of a receptacle, and the other side being open to permit insertion of a perfume carrying element, and the top of said receptacle being slotted to enable said perfume carrying element to be moved into the receptacle.

JACK RUDERMAN.

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